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Burned out Radio Display Light

Old Oct 11, 2005 | 10:15 PM
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leave your foglights turned off unless it'* night time. Your interior dash lights are on all the time with those fogs on.. That'* why they're burning out so fast! The 92-99 Bonnevilles had the foglights on only with the headlights. The 00+ will have the fogs on all the time with the ignition instead... it'* a bad design in my oppinion.
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Old Oct 12, 2005 | 09:36 AM
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Originally Posted by Custom88
leave your foglights turned off unless it'* night time. Your interior dash lights are on all the time with those fogs on.. That'* why they're burning out so fast! The 92-99 Bonnevilles had the foglights on only with the headlights. The 00+ will have the fogs on all the time with the ignition instead... it'* a bad design in my oppinion.
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ever since my one fog light blub went out I dont have them on and I only have one or 2 blubs out in the radio...buttons i dont use thank god!!! no other issues...which sucks...I like having my fogs on at all times....owell....cheapy designed.....could we replaces this blubs with LED'*????? last longer..... love the look.
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Old Oct 12, 2005 | 10:05 AM
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If the led fits and you decided to try it. You'd need...ummm a 180 ohm resistor I think in line to drop for the led.
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Old Oct 12, 2005 | 10:21 AM
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Originally Posted by BillBoost37
If the led fits and you decided to try it. You'd need...ummm a 180 ohm resistor I think in line to drop for the led.

aahhhhhhhh....now will I need one for every LED?? or use like 1 or 2 and split it off to them?!?! if that'* the case...Ill just stick to the reg. blubs.
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Old Oct 14, 2005 | 09:15 AM
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Mine I believe is out or very dim. but I can still make out what it reads so
no biggy for now.
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Old Oct 15, 2005 | 12:26 PM
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Any idea how to get to bulb and how to take out CD player from console. I got same problem on my 2000 SE,
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Old Oct 15, 2005 | 06:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Custom88
leave your foglights turned off unless it'* night time. Your interior dash lights are on all the time with those fogs on.. That'* why they're burning out so fast! The 92-99 Bonnevilles had the foglights on only with the headlights. The 00+ will have the fogs on all the time with the ignition instead... it'* a bad design in my oppinion.
I was just thinking a little earlier today how dumb that design is. That really doesn't make any sense at all.
BTW...I also have a bulb burned out on the left side of the radio'* display.
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Old Oct 22, 2005 | 09:56 PM
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I have a 2000 and I already have the new bulbs from Corvette radio. But what I need to know is if I need to lock or unlock the radio before I remove it from the car to replace the bulbs. If there is a posting on this procedure please point me in the right direction. I think 2000 is different then the 99 and older Bonnevilles
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Old Oct 23, 2005 | 02:26 AM
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you will be fine to remove teh radio. The theftlock on the 2000+ models works by comparing the vin # stored in the radio with the VIN number in the computer. As long as those two numbers match the radio will work.
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